Section 21-2-2 - Definitions. - New Mexico Statutes

21-2-2. Definitions.

As used in the Post-Secondary Educational Planning Act [21-2-1 NMSA 1978]:   

A.     "post-secondary education":   

(1)     means education, training or retraining for persons sixteen years of age or older who have graduated from secondary school or left elementary or secondary school without graduating from secondary school, which is designed to provide for such persons:   

(a)     adult basic education;   

(b)     high school equivalency education;   

(c)     prevocational education;   

(d)     vocational education;   

(e)     technical education;   

(f)     general academic education;   

(g)     undergraduate academic education leading to associate's and bachelor's degrees;   

(h)     graduate academic education leading to master's and doctor's degrees;   

(i) undergraduate and graduate professional education leading to professional degrees;   

(j)     continuing education; or   

(k)     some combination of the above; and   

(2)     includes public, private, nonprofit and proprietary educational institutions and programs of the following types, among others:   

(a)     technical and vocational institutes;   

(b)     junior colleges;   

(c)     branch community colleges;   

(d)     colleges and universities;   

(e)     post-secondary military institutes;   

(f)     post-secondary vocational schools;   

(g)     adult vocational and prevocational manpower and training programs;   

(h)     programs designed to identify persons who can benefit from post-secondary education and to assist them in enrolling in appropriate programs; and   

(i) programs providing guidance, counselling and placement services for persons in connection with their participation in post-secondary education; and   

B.     "state commission" means the state commission on post-secondary education.